07-13-2013, 09:41 AM
[quote='Jester' pid='207099' dateline='1373643179']
Your post inspired a little bit of a walk down memory lane. Pete, from 2003:
[quote]If a group wished to set up a polyandry, a polygyny, or even a group marriage then as long as all participants do so of their own free will, I see no reason why it should be banned.[
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Of course this is true. But it is a completely theoretical case. It is the same as death penalty. I agree that there are many people who deserve the death penalty and for which case it would be much better for society if that person was eliminated from it.
But this is a completely different thing than actually practically having a death penalty because it has so much added consequences and uncertainties.
The marriage between cousins that is happening a lot between Morrocon immigrants in western-Europe is something we are trying to ban or to discourage. I am sure if you ask them, 99% of the women who get married like that will TELL you it is consensual but everybody knows the pressure and threats of family members play an important role. So who are you to know it is really consensual?
You have to see these issues through the eyes of people with a different background, who have no chance to get a reasonable education and who have serious cultural difficulties. It is also a task of a state to protect its citizens, and especially the weaker groups in society (at least that is my opinion).
Your post inspired a little bit of a walk down memory lane. Pete, from 2003:
[quote]If a group wished to set up a polyandry, a polygyny, or even a group marriage then as long as all participants do so of their own free will, I see no reason why it should be banned.[
[/quote]
Of course this is true. But it is a completely theoretical case. It is the same as death penalty. I agree that there are many people who deserve the death penalty and for which case it would be much better for society if that person was eliminated from it.
But this is a completely different thing than actually practically having a death penalty because it has so much added consequences and uncertainties.
The marriage between cousins that is happening a lot between Morrocon immigrants in western-Europe is something we are trying to ban or to discourage. I am sure if you ask them, 99% of the women who get married like that will TELL you it is consensual but everybody knows the pressure and threats of family members play an important role. So who are you to know it is really consensual?
You have to see these issues through the eyes of people with a different background, who have no chance to get a reasonable education and who have serious cultural difficulties. It is also a task of a state to protect its citizens, and especially the weaker groups in society (at least that is my opinion).